Direct tourism gross value added at basic prices, in volume terms increased by 2.7%, compared to gross value added for all industries which increased by 2.3%.

Internal tourism consumption (total domestic and international consumption in Australia) in volume terms, increased by 3.0%. Of this figure, domestic tourism consumption increased by 1.9% while international tourism consumption grew by 6.5%.

Direct tourism gross value added per hour work (a measure of tourism labour productivity) decreased by 2.4% compared to growth for the whole economy of 1.0%.

Hours worked in tourism increased by 5.2%, compared with an increase of 1.3% for the overall economy.

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CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

The 2014-15 release of this publication introduces a new TSA benchmark for 2012-13.

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